In-transit (IT) metastases refer to cutaneous or subcutaneous melanoma spread or recurrence, more than 2 cm away from the primary tumor but not beyond the draining regional lymph nodes. IT metastases treatment is challenging, owing to a wide range of clinical presentations, and the overall prognosis is quite poor (the 5-year survival ranges between 20 and 60%), since their appearance preludes systemic involvement
In-transit melanoma metastases
Di Altobrando, Ambra;Scarfì, Federica;Misciali, Cosimo;Patrizi, Annalisa;Dika, Emi
2019
Abstract
In-transit (IT) metastases refer to cutaneous or subcutaneous melanoma spread or recurrence, more than 2 cm away from the primary tumor but not beyond the draining regional lymph nodes. IT metastases treatment is challenging, owing to a wide range of clinical presentations, and the overall prognosis is quite poor (the 5-year survival ranges between 20 and 60%), since their appearance preludes systemic involvementFile in questo prodotto:
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